You can't sandbag anything in official PF rules. Either use it when you get it, or lose it completely.
(And you mean 'feat', not trait.)
I have no idea about whether this works in PFS or not, but Ultimate Campaign introduced retraining rules that would allow you to take a different feat and then retrain it into Selective Channeling when you meet the pre-reqs.
There's prolly no need to lose the feat forever just because you made an error, are inexperienced and forgot to/didn't realize you were entitled to assign it at 7th. Not unless your local VO's are super strict, that is.
I suggest that you choose the feat now as if you had taken it at 7th level and carry on while endeavouring to be more vigilant in the future. Don't choose any feat that you need to be 8th to qualify for i.e. whatever feat you've got your eye that requires that stat increase, take the feat from amongst what you qualified for at 7th only.
Strictly speaking, this could be considered cheating but PF is a system with such an expansive rule set that you will never remember everything and you will never not make errors.
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Example the ugly cleric, chr 12. At 3rd level the cleric earns a Trait and wants "selective channel" which requires a Chr of 13. She will get a Stat bonus @ 4th level. She increases her Chr +1 to 13. She is meets the min chr to take the Feat.
No, you cannot do this. You must pick the feat with appropriate prereqs at that level: you cannot 'hold' the feat.
For your character, you must pick a feat you were eligible to have at 7th level, before the stat increase.
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No, you can't hold off adding a feat until you meet the prerequisites. If your character didn't have Cha 13+ at 7th level, you can't wait until 8th level to take an ability bump AND your 7th level feat.
If you forgot to add your 7th level feat, I'm sure there won't be any issue with penciling it in afterwards...as long as you take a feat you were qualified for when you reached 7th level. You're only gaining late access to an ability/power that you completely ignored for an entire level.
After 1st level, if you own a copy of Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Campaign, you may use the retraining rules that begin on page 188 to alter your character. Such changes must be made in the presence of a Pathfinder Society GM, the GM must initial each change, and each change must be noted on an official Pathfinder Society Chronicle sheet. If the GM wishes to audit your character before the changes are made, you must present the character to the GM. If time is a limiting factor, the GM may choose not to allow retraining during that session. When utilizing these retraining rules, you must expend wealth as outlined in the Retraining section of Ultimate Campaign, as well as 1 Prestige Point per day of retraining since time between scenarios is undefined.
So, as long as you have a copy of Ultimate Campaign and you retrain with a Society GM present, you should be good to go. In fact, you may just want to tell your next Society GM that you forgot to add your 7th level feat and you'd now like to retrain it to Selective Channeling. Pay the cost and you can have the feat you now qualify for.
Example the ugly cleric, chr 12. At 3rd level the cleric earns a Trait and wants "selective channel" which requires a Chr of 13. She will get a Stat bonus @ 4th level. She increases her Chr +1 to 13. She is meets the min chr to take the Feat.
No, you cannot do this. You must pick the feat with appropriate prereqs at that level: you cannot 'hold' the feat.
For your character, you must pick a feat you were eligible to have at 7th level, before the stat increase.
Incorrect. The retraining FAQ specifically addresses this:
Can I retrain a feat to replace it with a feat I didn't qualify for at the level I originally gained that feat?
Yes. As long as the new feat is a valid feat for your current character, you can retrain the old feat and replace it with the new feat.
Actually he is correct. What he is saying is that when you level up you must qualify for the feat you want. You must choose a feat when you level. What you are talking about is retraining, and is an answer to a different question.
Example:
If I level up to 7, and I want feat X, but I do not qualify then I still have to choose a feat because the rules do not allow for me to not choose a feat.
However what I can do, upon qualifying for the feat I really want, is to retrain that level 7 feat into feat X because now I do qualify for it.
edit: He even addressed this in the post at the bottom by saying that you can retrain.
What's this about getting a trait at 7th level? You only gain two traits at first. If you want more, you have to take the Extra Traits feat, and the traits you choose have to be from different categories than any trait you already possess.
Read the second post or use your context clues, Lazar.
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When do you Have to choose a Trait? Can a Character "hold" a trait slot until she qualifies for a desired trait.
You can't hold anything. All choices must be made at the time they become a choice. Traits are chosen like backgrounds, so as you level up. So your 1st level needs to provide any pre-reqs the trait has.
Feats are the same way, you must choose them when you get them. You may retrain paying all GP cost and time (prestige points in PFS) for the change. All retraining costs GP and time (there are defaults if not listed.) When retraining you only need qualify now.
Hmm, I could have sworn he was originally talking about retraining, but it looks like that was my mistake.
I don't see him mentioning retraining later on though. That was the next poster.
That was him.
Here is the quote--> "So, as long as you have a copy of Ultimate Campaign and you retrain with a Society GM present, you should be good to go. In fact, you may just want to tell your next Society GM that you forgot to add your 7th level feat and you'd now like to retrain it to Selective Channeling. Pay the cost and you can have the feat you now qualify for."
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I was quoting the wrong guy.. oops. :)
Can't you buy the PDF instead of the hardback version? If you have a character with 9 books it seems a lot easier to carry a printout of the pdf page with your name on it. It is also cheaper.
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What is the intended meaning. The 2 books don't say the same thing.
No, because they don't address the same question.
A character of another class than fighter can choose a feat that is a combat feat, assuming she meets the prerequisites.
A 6th level rogue doesn't meet the prerequisites for Weapon Specialisation.
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Fighter Bonus feats are a class feature, one that allows free retraining periodically. For example a 1st level Fighter takes Weapon Finesse as his 1st level feat and Power Attack as his Fighter Bonus feat. Later he may retrain the Power Attack, but not the Weapon Finesse.
Ultimate Campaign retraining is for the cases that do not allow retraining like the Fighter bonus feats. This is the only way to retain Weapon Finesse in the above example.
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I did see a Problem with the Example in the book.Core Rulebook:"Combat Feats
Any feat designated as a combat feat can be selected as a fighter's bonus feat. This designation does not restrict characters of other classes from selecting these feats, assuming that they meet the prerequisites."Ultimate Campaign-"For example, a 6th-level rogue can't use retraining to learn the Weapon Specialization feat because only fighters can choose that feat."
What is the intended meaning. The 2 books don't say the same thing.
Prerequisites: Proficiency with selected weapon, Weapon Focus with selected weapon, fighter level 4th.
Benefit: You gain a +2 bonus on all damage rolls you make using the selected weapon.
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of weapon
Weapon Specialization is not a common combat feat. Under Prerequisites, it notes that you have to be a 4th level fighter to take that feat (along with proficiency and focus with the weapon). The rogue can't take it, not because its a combat feat, but because it's a fighter-only feat. He could take Point blank shot, a combat feat with no Prerecs, or any other combat feat that he qualifies for.